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The Calgary Flames completed the top task on their summer to-do list by signing captain Mark Giordano nhl shop black friday to a six-year contract extension.

The 31-year-old defenseman still has a year remaining on his deal, but Flames general manager Brad Treliving said in May that re-signing Giordano was his "No. 1 priority" this offseason.

The deal announced Tuesday is worth $40.5 million, at $6.75 million per season.

"Mark has established himself over the last few years as an elite defenseman in the league," Treliving told The Canadian Press. "We look at it as we got our captain, our leader, our best player under a contract at what we feel is a very competitive number."

Giordano said the length of the contract was key to the negotiations.

"Term was the most exciting part for me," he said. "I think the number works. I don't feel by any means I took less money than I deserve. It's a fair deal."

"The only way to get a six-year deal was to make it a fair number that works for both sides."

Despite missing the last quarter of the regular season, Giordano posted a career-high 48 points in 61 games to finish fifth in team scoring.

Giordano was on track for Norris Trophy consideration, as the league's top defenseman, when he tore his bicep Feb. 25 in a road game against the New Jersey Devils black friday nhl shop.

"I'm probably of the camp that if he doesn't get injured this season, there's a likelihood that not only is he nominated for the Norris, but I believe he's deserving to win it," Treliving said.

Giordano was a catalyst in the attack speed the Flames generated from their back end. He insisted at the time of his injury that his absence should not prevent the Flames from making the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

Giordano watched as the Flames secured a playoff berth in their last home game of the regular season. Calgary played 11 playoff games before bowing out to the Anaheim Ducks in the second round.

Giordano, who was in Toronto on Tuesday when his new contract was announced, says he's recovered from the bicep injury and subsequent surgery. NHL training camps open Sept. 17.

"I've been skating at 100 percent, shooting at 100 percent and working out at 100 percent for a while now," Giordano said. "It's been well over a month of going full out. I'll be ready for camp."

Giordano has 66 goals and 179 assists in 510 games, all with Calgary. He played in February's NHL All-Star game prior to his injury.

His previous five-year contract was worth $20.1 million, or $4.02 million per season. Since Giordano's new extension doesn't start until 2016-17, that money won't count against this season's salary cap ceiling of $71.4 million per team.

Giordano can be a Flame until 2022, by which time the team wants to have a new arena.

The Calgary Flames Sports and Entertainment Corporation revealed a $900-million plan last week for a new hockey arena and indoor football field/fieldhouse.

"I understand there's a process that has to get done, but I'm hoping maybe in the last year or two of my deal we're in that new facility," Giordano said. "I'm really looking forward to getting into Calgary and learning more about it."

The Flames captain's extension also solidifies a strong group of defenseman following the acquisition of Dougie Hamilton nhl shop black Friday deals from the Boston Bruins.

Treliving dealt Calgary's 15th, 42nd and 57th picks in June's NHL draft to get Hamilton's rights. The GM quickly signed the 22-year-old to a $34.5-million, six-year deal.

T.J. Brodie, who stepped in as Calgary's top defenseman when Giordano was injured, is also under contract with a five-year extension finalized last October.

"It sets up to be a real nice D-corps," Giordano said. "We can spread the minutes out.

"We have to play that same aggressive style. It's a hard style to play, it's a hard-working style, but we've got to play right on the edge and be willing to jump in and create while at the same time be really solid defensively."

Giordano's signing may have an effect on prominent teammates who also have one year remaining on their respective contracts.

They include defenseman Kris Russell, who led the NHL in blocked shots last season, rookie sensation Johnny Gaudreau, top center Sean Monahan, leading scorer Jiri Hudler and goaltender Jonas Hiller nhl shop black friday promo code.

"This deal helps keep me around for a long time and hopefully until the end of my career, but at the same time I think it gives our team the ability to keep our core of young guys who have done such a great job," Giordano said.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't wasting any time with Phil Kessel.

General manager Jim Rutherford said Tuesday the team plans to place the high-powered forward alongside star center Sidney Crosby nhl shop cyber monday when the Penguins open training camp next month.

The Penguins acquired the three-time All-Star from Toronto in July to give the franchise a needed boost after a first-round playoff exit.

"It's so hard to score in this league, there's a lot of tight games, a lot of one-goal games," Rutherford said. "To add somebody like him was important."

Kessel was the marquee addition during a busy but fruitful summer for Pittsburgh, which made the postseason for the ninth straight season, but managed all of eight goals while falling to the New York Rangers in five games.

The Penguins also acquired veteran forward Eric Fehr cyber monday nhl shop and Russian prospect Sergei Plotnikov to provide scoring punch after relying too heavily on Crosby and Malkin in recent years.

"We're definitely deeper," Rutherford said. "Our forwards have a lot more depth. It will be real competitive for where our guys fit in there."

Kessel, however, is the crown jewel. The 27-year-old scored 25 goals to go with 36 assists for the perpetually struggling Maple Leafs. Coach Mike Johnston considers Kessel a potentially good fit on Crosby's right side, but stressed he would experiment liberally.

"Things do change in camp," Johnston said. "We've got eight exhibition games. We want to try combinations together so we're ready for the beginning of the season."

Rutherford hopes Kessel's arrival and the return of forward Pascal Dupuis nhl shop cyber monday deals and defenseman Olli Maatta from injuries that took up most of last season will allow Johnston to implement more of the attacking style that led the team to hire him in the first place last summer.

"We'll definitely be able to open it up," Rutherford said. "We'll have a better chance of scoring more. At the same time you have to play the game the right way. You have to shut down teams at a certain time and we're still going to be able to do that."

Rutherford added Fehr is on schedule to return at some point this fall from elbow surgery and that he is pleased with the arrival of the 25-year-old Plotnikov, who left Russia and headed across the globe and play with fellow countryman Malkin.

"I feel really good about what he's done," Rutherford said. "He paid to get out of his contract in Russia and now he and his wife are over here early trying to get acclimated."

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Jets' most important player:Jacob Trouba, defenseman

Last season might have been a seminal one for the Winnipeg Jets nhl shop super saturday -- who returned to the playoffs for the first time since moving back to the prairies from Atlanta at the end of the 2011 season -- but a first-round sweep at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks revealed just how much work is ahead for the hard-luck franchise.

That’s where Jacob Trouba comes in. General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff has painstakingly built a big, fast, physical team, and Trouba is a cornerstone member of a young defensive corps that has a chance to be among the league’s best.

Last season, the Jets finished tied for 10th in goals against per game after years of being a league doormat in that defensive category. Trouba was the ninth overall pick in the 2012 draft and joined the Jets after a stellar freshman season at the University of Michigan. He made the jump from college hockey almost seamlessly, leading all rookie skaters in average ice time per game in 2013-14 and earning serious consideration for the Calder Trophy despite missing almost a month because of injury. Trouba's absence from the lineup was a factor in the Jets' missing the playoffs that spring.

Last season, Trouba played most of the season with Mark Stuart super saturday nhl shop, although he did play on the team’s top pairing with Tobias Enstrom when both Zach Bogosian and Stuart were injured. Trouba averaged more than 19 minutes of ice time per game in his first playoff run, and at 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds he remains a key figure for the Jets moving forward. He has good offensive skills to go with a punishing physical game, and he is already being penciled in as a top defender on the Under-24 North American squad for next fall’s World Cup of Hockey.

If the Jets are to avoid sliding back beneath the playoff surface -- as we've seen teams such as Colorado and Dallas do in recent years -- Trouba’s evolution will have to continue on an upward arc.

Beyond next season, it is imperative that teams hoping to remain contenders have cornerstone defenders who fall into the "stud" category, and given what the 21-year-old Trouba has shown in his brief NHL career nhl shop super saturday promo code, there is nothing to suggest he can’t fulfill the lofty expectations he’s created for himself and his team.